Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fourth_estate

1 sense of fourth estate

Sense 1
fourth estate -- (the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers)
       => estate of the realm, estate, the three estates -- (a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights)